The New Jersey Devils’ start to this season featured a team that was doing great in terms of expected goals and lost big in their first two games with actual goals. This post goes over the model, the offense, and focuses on the goals allowed to establish it’s goaltending and mistakes - issues that would not come up in an expected goals model.
The Devils got off to a rough start as they fell behind 2-0 and the boo birds returned. Fortunately, the Devils picked up the pace in the second period and took advantage of a tired Ducks team to score 4 unanswered goals and get their first win.